Securitizing Energy in Turkey and the EU: Cheap Talk or New Policies?”

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Dr. Basak Alpan, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration/Centre for European Studies, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Date: 
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 12:00 to 13:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Email: 
euce@pitt.edu

Dr. Alpan, a visiting scholar in the Center’s International Research Scholar Exchange Scheme, will discuss how energy emerges as a practical security concept and is represented in policy discourses in Europe and Turkey. Ever since the end of Cold War and since 9/11 in particular, the concept of ‘security’ has experienced a profound conceptual change. This talk will examine the securitization of ‘energy’ within the EU and Turkey and its impact on from a comparative perspective.

UCIS Unit: 
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
European Studies Center
European Union Studies Association
World Regions: 
Europe
Middle East
European Union